To-morrow he drops down stream, but
meantime he intends to write out the whole story of the theft of
the mummy. I have promised to give him fifty pounds for doing
so, as I want to get back the mummy, free of charge, from
Braddock."
"I think Braddock will stick to the mummy in any event," said
Random grimly.
"Not when Hervey writes out his evidence. He will not have it
completed by the time he sails, as he is very busy. But he has
promised to send off a boat to the jetty near the Fort to-morrow
evening, when he is dropping down stream. I shall be there with
fifty pounds in gold."
"Supposing he fails to stop or send the boat?"
"Then he will not get his fifty pounds," retorted Don Pedro.
"The man is a rascal, and deserves prison rather than reward, but
since the mummy was stolen by him thirty years back, he alone can
prove my ownership."
"But why take all this trouble?" argued the baronet. "I can buy
the mummy from Braddock."
"No," said Don Pedro. "I have a right to my own property."
Random lingered until late in the afternoon and until darkness
fell, as he was anxious to see Donna Inez. But she did not
appear until late. Meanwhile Archie Hope put in an appearance,
having come to see Don Pedro with an account of his interview
with Widow Anne.
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